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KeytotheSubfamiliesofAcrididaeOccurringintheSoutheasternUnitedStates

Introduction

KeytotheSubfamiliesofAcrididaeOccurringintheSoutheastern
UnitedStates

FaunalLists
Identification

ModifiedfromOtte1981,andTriplehornandJohnson2005.

Specimen
Preparation

1.

Prosternumwithmedianspineortubercle

...2

1'.

Prosternumwithoutamedianspineortubercle

...4

Links

2(1).

Usuallyverylargespecies(3565mmlong)mesosternallobesusuallylonger
thanwideinnermarginofmesosternallobeofsternumangulate

...Cyrtacanthacridinae

Glossary

2.

Smallerspecies(usuallylessthan40mmlong)mesosternallobeswiderthan
long,innermarginofmesosternallobeofmesosternumrounded

...3

3(2)

Elongateorrobustspeciesfaceroundedantennaethinandfilliform,inner
marginsofmesosternallobesnottouching,apexofwingsusuallyrounded

...Melonoplinae

Elongate,slenderspecies,withslantedfacesandbroad,ensiformantennae,inner
marginsofmesostrnallobestouchingapexofwingspointed

....Leptysminae

4(1).

Innerfaceofhindfemorawitharowofstridulatorypegs(exceptStethophyma)

Innerfaceofhindfemorawithoutarowofstridulatorypegs

5(4).

Forewingsobliquelytruncatedatapex,usuallymorepronouncedinmales,and
withoutintercalaryveinfacemoderatelytostronglyslantedhindwings
transparentorfaintlytingedwithcolor,butneverhavingadarkorsmokyband,
andalwayshavingenlargedcellsneartheleadingedge

Forewingsroundedatapexandwithraisedintercalaryveinfaceusuallymore
verticalhindwingsoftenpossessingbandedorbrightlymarkedwithyellows,
oranges,reds,orblacks,smokyblackinsomespecies,andneverwithenlarged
cellsneartheleadingedge

PhotoGallery

Acknowledgments
References
Orthoptera
Families
ResearchTaxa
MEM

...Gomphocerinae
...5
...Acridinae(1species,
Metalepteabrevicornis
(Johannson)

...Oedipodinae

Introduction|FaunalLists|Identification|SpecimenPreparation|PhotoGallery|Links
Glossary|Acknowledgments|References|OrthopteraFamilies|ResearchTaxa|MEM
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Lastupdatedon3December2010

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